North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 37 | Audiobook

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 37 "Looking South" narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on KO-FI and support me as an independent creator :D⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join⁠Summary:Higgins is not at home when they go by his home the next day, they find out however that he did go and see Mrs. Boucher before he left. Mrs. Boucher is very put out by her husband’s death. The children seem to be baring up alright, but she is very shocked to find out that Mrs. Boucher took them to see his body. She tries to get the children to help clean the house for their mother, and to distract their minds. Mrs. Boucher turns her anger at her husband’s passing towards the Masters, especially Mr. Thornton. When they leave Mr. Hale is very upset at their visit. Margaret tries to comfort her father, but it doesn’t help too much. They reflect on the differences and similarities between Southern and Northern workers. She then goes to reflect on Mr. Thornton’s feelings towards herself and determines that she could probably have been able to put up with the abasement from everyone else in her life, but that of Mr. Thornton, though she does not understand why. She longs to see him, and neither she nor her father know why he has not come to visit them again. That evening there is a knock at the door, and Margaret believes it must be Thornton. Dixon comes to tell them however that Higgins has come to visit them. He is very dirty and has been out of doors all day. After taking off his shoes at the bottom of the stairs, Higgins is lead to the room. Mr. Hale has a feeling that Mr. Higgins is uncomfortable with both Margaret and himself in the room, so he asks his daughter to go and get some tea. While Margaret is gone, Higgins starts to talk. He has been out all day looking for work, not for himself, as he is very stuck in views of the Masters, but he has been looking for work in order to be able to help the Boucher family. Mr. Hale is overjoyed with the “Christian” actions of Mr. Higgins. He has been unable to find work though, as he refused to sign any contract that would prevent the union from running properly, and was turned away from every factory. He has come to ask Mr. Hale if he would maybe be ablet to help Higgins find work down south. Margaret interrupts at this statement to tell him the truth of life down south; Higgins would be working in a field all day and in all weathers, and the people down south and unlike the people up north and will not talk during or after the workday. The life is dull down there and would eat him. Following this speech, they ask Higgins if he had been to see Mr. Thornton. He says that he went to the factory but was refused entry by the overlooker. Mr. Hale asks if he could write a letter of introduction for him, but Higgins refuses this help. For Margaret’s sake, he says that he will go there first thing in the morning and will refuse to leave until he has spoken with Mr. Thornton.SEO stuff I don't want to do. Elizabeth Gaskell's classic, "North and South" sees Margaret Hale's live uprooted as her family moves to the north of England. Initially disgusted by the ugliness of the industrial town of Milton, Margaret develops a strong sense of social justice after seeing the poverty and suffering of local mill workers.